Karvat is a platform where psychotherapy and counselling is provided to people.
There is no right and wrong question or no hard and fast rules about what you can talk to a counselor about. You can talk about anything that is troubling you or anything you want to know about. However most of the frequently asked questions or problems faced are regarding relationship difficulties: family and friends, colleagues, commitment, jealousy, abuse or family issues: partners, children, parenting, separation and divorce, homesickness lack of confidence, worried about failing, never being good enough, feelings of being lonely ,unloved, judged, depressed, isolated, empty, tearful, sad, angry, inadequacy, bereavement, harming oneself, abusive relationships, exam and study stress: lack of control, panic attacks ,binge eating and alcoholism
No not necessarily. Counseling can help solve any of your problems .Consulting a counselor does not mean that you are in a state of mental illness. In fact most healthy mentally strong people need a counselor at one or the other point of time in their lives. Counselors normally help you find your own solutions and talk and encouraging you to see the silver lining behind the dark clouds. Counselors can however recognize and efficiently detect the symptoms of severe mental distress, and may suggest you consider medical help if this is appropriate.
Many of the reasons that make counseling effective also apply to talking with friends. Counselors are professionally trained to help others. They have the expertise and the knowhow of dealing with upsetting and difficult situations. Many times the counselor suggests using the social support network and talking to a friend or a confidant.
A talk with a friend may well be helpful but there are drawbacks to talking to a friend. And Friends may begin to feel overburdened and resentful, especially if they have their own problem. There could also be a conflict of loyalty and risk of social exposure. Sometimes you are awkward about sharing your secrets with friends.
Finally you sometimes need more specialized help than a friend can provide.
We encourage and welcome any contribution from people who visit our website, if you have had an experience that you feel you need to share with people or you have certain advice to render to people, you are welcome to contact us and we will ensure that it is posted on our website. In the meantime please feel free to use the forum on the website to participate in debates, discussions and sessions, live online!
